{"id":190546,"date":"2025-09-02T21:28:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T21:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/02\/snl-announces-new-stars-for-season-51-ben-marshall-veronica-slowikowska-and-more\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T21:28:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T21:28:24","slug":"snl-announces-new-stars-for-season-51-ben-marshall-veronica-slowikowska-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/02\/snl-announces-new-stars-for-season-51-ben-marshall-veronica-slowikowska-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;SNL&#8217; Announces New Stars For Season 51: Ben Marshall, Veronica Slowikowska, and More!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Last week, we reported on the cast members who are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/08\/saturday-night-live-departures-heidi-gardner-devon-walker-others-leave-toxic-as-hell-sketch-show-ahead-of-season-51\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">departing <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em><\/a> ahead of the show&#8217;s 51st season.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we offer a more encouraging update, as the iconic sketch show has announced the <em>addition<\/em> of five new stars!<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the new class of featured players has been revealed, and fans will be pleased to see one very familiar face among its ranks.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Martin Herlihy, Ben Marshall and John Higgins attend SNL50: The Homecoming Concert at Radio City Music Hall on February 14, 2025 in New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Dia Dipasupil\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-please-don-t-destroy-alum-one-of-five-new-featured-players\">&#8216;Please Don&#8217;t Destroy&#8217; alum one of five new featured players<\/h2>\n<p>Ben Marshall has been appearing on SNL for several years as a member of the comedy troupe Please Don&#8217;t Destroy.<\/p>\n<p>But now, the 30-year-old actor and comic will be appearing in sketches alongside the main cast.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear why Marshall&#8217;s scene\/writing partners weren&#8217;t promoted along with him (it&#8217;s possible that they&#8217;re both content with their current gigs), but interestingly, Marshall is the only member of PDD with no familial ties to the industry.<\/p>\n<p>(John Higgins is the son of SNL producer and Jimmy Fallon sidekick Steve Higgins, while Martin Herlihy is the son of frequent Adam Sandler collaborator Tim Herlihy.)<\/p>\n<p>Also joining the cast for season 51 are popular social media star Veronika Slowikowska (who has more than 1 million followers on Instagram), and comics Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Ben Marshall, Kam Patterson.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DOG_1d4gNwN\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\"background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;margin: 1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:99.375%;width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px);width:calc(100% - 2px)\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DOG_1d4gNwN\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\"background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:0 0;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DOG_1d4gNwN\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\"color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Veronika Slowikowska (@veronika_iscool)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It seems that producer Lorne Michaels is hoping to take the show in a younger, hipper direction as it enters its sixth decade.<\/p>\n<p>He may have hit the jackpot with a quintet of stars who have already built sterling reputations for themselves on social media.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dream come true &#8230; see you Saturdays,&#8221; Slowikowska wrote on Instagram today.<\/p>\n<p>We can&#8217;t wait.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/snl-announces-new-stars-for-season-51-ben-marshall-veronica-slowikowska-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;SNL&#8217; Announces New Stars For Season 51: Ben Marshall, Veronica Slowikowska, &hellip;<\/a> was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hollywood Gossip<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/snl-announces-new-stars-for-season-51-ben-marshall-veronica-slowikowska-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes Last week, we reported on the cast members who are departing Saturday Night Live ahead of the show&#8217;s 51st season. Today, we offer a more encouraging update, as the iconic sketch show has announced the addition of five new stars! 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